Foundations Of The Earth

1 Samuel 2:7-10 – The Lord sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts. He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes and has them inherit a throne of honor. “For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s; on them he has set the world. He will guard the feet of his faithful servants, but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness. “It is not by strength that one prevails; those who oppose the Lord will be broken. The Most High will thunder from heaven; the Lord will judge the ends of the earth. “He will give strength to his king and exalt the horn of his anointed.”

Daniel 4:37 – Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just. And those who walk in pride he is able to humble.

Psalm 75:3 – When the earth and all its people quake, it is I who hold its pillars firm.

Jeremiah 13:16 – Give glory to the Lord your God before he brings the darkness, before your feet stumble on the darkening hills. You hope for light, but he will turn it to utter darkness and change it to deep gloom.

1 Samuel 17:47 – All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.”

Zechariah 4:6 – So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.

Psalm 4:3 – Know that the Lord has set apart his faithful servant for himself; the Lord hears when I call to him.

Application:

• ·         “Foundations of the earth was a common figure in the Old Testament for the solid base on which the earth is founded.
• ·         When, because of the upsurge of evil powers, the whole moral order of the world seems to have crumbled, God still guarantees its stability.
• ·         “Give glory to…God” means confess your sins.
• ·         Both the Israelite and the Philistine armies were shown the error of placing trust in human devices for personal or national security.
• ·         Zerubbabel did not possess the royal might and power that David and Solomon had enjoyed, and in any event such worldly power was inadequate for the purpose of rebuilding the Lord’s temple.
• ·         “His faithful servant” in Hebrew is Hasid, which is one of several Hebrew words for God’s people, referring to them as people who are or should be devoted to God and faithful to Him.

All Scripture verses taken from NIV